Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,694 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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William Pickens (1881-1954)
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Wanda L. Nesbitt (1956– )
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The Cincinnati Riot (2001)
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Kenneth Brian “Babyface” Edmonds (1959- )

Explore Global African History

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Kenule “Ken” Beeson Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995)
Thomas Rice playing Jim Crow in blackface, New York City, 1833
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Jim Crow/Jump Jim Crow
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Yannick Noah (1960- )
Haile Selassie
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(1963) Haile Selassie, “Towards African Unity”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Roman Slavery and the Question of Race
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The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?
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Remembering Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
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Confounded: The Enigma of “Blind Tom” Wiggins

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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